179 dead, 2 rescued in South Korea’s worst aviation disaster

At least 179 people were killed when an airliner belly-landed and veered off the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday, Yonhap reported.

Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 181 people on board, was attempting to land shortly after 9am (5am PST) at the airport in the south of the country, South Korea’s transport ministry said.

It is the worst air accident involving a South Korean...